Record-sheet holder and protector



Apr. 24, 1923. 1,452,694

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Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

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y l risate@ ANDREW G. LUND, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

RECORD-,SHEET HOLDER AND PROTECTOR.

To all whom t yimg/concern Be it vknown that i, ANDREW G. LUND, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county'oil Ramsey and State oi Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulRecord-Sheet Holder and Protector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices -iorholding and protecting record sheets and similar papers while they are being illed out in writing, and the object is to provide an improved article of said class. To demonstrate, in the accompanying drawings, the of my device I have shown it as in use for holding` a bunch of blanks upon which the time a mechanic or laborer works is recorded each day. y

1n said drawings Fig. 1 is a face view of my device with time record sheets held in it. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view looking upward at the lower left corner of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectionon line 4 4 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is Fig. 4 modified. Fig.` 6 is' a section on line 6-6 in Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a contracted face view of the'device with some modifications.

Fig.`8 is a face view of the device modifications.

Fig. 9 is a bottom edge view of Fig. 8.

Fig.` 10 is Fig. 9 modified. Fig. 11 is a modified face view of the main parts of a further modification on a'niuch reduced scale.

'Referring to the drawings by reference numerals, 1 designates the main body of the device and maybe made of wood or alumif num or other sheet metal. body is formed at its upper end with a roll 2 in which is hingedlyinserted the middle portion 3 of a wirehaving its end portions sloped,` downward 'at 4 and therebelow formed into two- `parallel arms 5 having theirl ends 6 extended slightly below the lower edge of the body plate and are held in operative position by being sprung inward and allowed to spread into hooks 7 Iformed'of the lower corners of the plate.v The 'vertical edges of the plate are formed with angular when not in use.

flanges 8 to stiften the plate'and guard the contents placed upon it. 9 is merely a hole in the plate to enable it to be hung on apeg Slidably engaging the straight arms 5 are with In Fig. 1 said The plate is further prothe ends of a resilient sheet-metal guard 13, which is provided with embossments 14 for the operators fingers to engage in moving the guard up and down. The'upper and lower edges of the guard plate 13 are straight, parallel and extend horizontallyY across the body plate so as to be readily used as straight-edges in drawing horizontal lines upon the paper held between the body plate ENT OFFICE.

and the guard plate, like the bunch oi' time report sheets 15 (see Figs. 1, 2 and 4).

As my device is eminently ysuitable for holding the kind of blanks kno-wn as the Standard daily time report blanks, l have Lshown such blanks in Fig. 1, where it will be seenthat in the use of the device the blanks are placed' with the top edges 'against the guards 10 and side edges against the guards 11, and the sheets are thenpressed uponthe sharp pegs 12, or may have perfo rations for said pegs and after the sheets are thus placedthe guard plate 13 is brought against them and the arms 5 engaged inthe hooks 7. Theoperator mayv then mark or check" upon the front sheet of the bunch 15 any memoranda orrecord of his work during the diiierent time units of the day without staining the record sheet with his hands since the guard plate 13 prevents their contact with the paper. At the end of the day the guard 13 is raised and the first sheet removed to the o'liice employing` thev workman, and the guard folded down again upon Athe `next sheetand the latter used to record the next days work and so on..

The blanks are held between the body board and the slanting portions 4 of the arms 5, so firmly that in'archeap form of the device the pegs 12 may be omitted, `as will beiurther described rabout the modified forms.

` i In Fig. 1 it will be seen that theblank 15 I 'uses a unit system of six minutes per unit indicated in a table A near the-top of the blank and further down the blank has a horizontal line B of numbers 6 to 12 indicat ing the working hours before noon, and about in which to make suitable cheek marks hori-v zontally opposite the job or work recorded in spaces E, F, G. y

` edge of it with a row H of numerals corresponding to those in row B, and below said row H l provide a row l corresponding to the row C on the blank. To further facilitate the finding of checking spaces upon the lower part of the blank I may provide a row of numbers J near the lower edge of the guard plate. rEhe spaces K, L. M on the blank or ticket 15 are used for the purposes there indicated, and the space N is to rcontain printed directions how to use the blank.

ln the modilication Figs. (i, T the guards 11 are mechanically the same as in Fig. 1, but they may as in Fig. T be punched out of the plate 1 at 11X and bent forward at right angles to the plate.

In Fig. 5 is shown that the roll 2 may have an extension 2 riveted at 2" and formed into a guard 2C which prevents the top of the paper from flapping forward; the portion i of the guard plate 13a, which is thus slidable over the record sheets 15 (shown in Fig. 8 but not in Figs. 9 and 10). In Fig. 10 is shown that the parts 16 and 17 in Fig. 9 may be formed as 16a, 17L in said Fig. 10.

lVhen the device is modified as in Figs. S, 9 or 10, the guard plate 13L or 13b is' slid downward as may be necessary while the paper sheets are placed in position and then slid upward to the desired starting position for recording, and when a sheet is to be removed the guard plate is first moved partly downward and then the top end of the sheet disengaged from the pegs 12 and the sheet pulled out of the device, or the guard 13 may be moved fully downward and the sheet lifted away.

ln the simplest form ofthe device, as shown 'in Fig. 11, the bar 13C has only one end guided by a single round bar 5X fixed at both ends to the body plate 1, while in the other forms guiding means are provided at both ends of bar 13 or 13a or 18".

Whenever any regular or eXtra ruling on the paper is required, the top or bottom edge of the Ouard 13 or 13, 13b or 13C is ready as a guide ror the ruling pencil or pen across any part of the paper.

Having thus described my invention. what l claim is:

1. ln device of the class described, a body plate adapted to support paper sheets to be written on, and having means `for holding the paper in place on the plate, and parallel guides near its vertical edges, a resilient guard plate for the hand 'to rest on while writing,-said guard plate extending across the body plate and having its ends engaged to slide up and down on the parallel guides thereof.

2. The structure speciiied in claim 1, one or more edges of said guard plate being straight in horizontal direction.

3. The structure specified in claim 1, and means on the guard plate to engage in moving it.

4. Thevstructure speciiied in claim 1, and record paper sheets held in the device and having vertical numbered lines to provide recording spaces, and said guard plate having near one or both of its horizontal edges i numbers corresponding to the numbers marked at the vertical lines on the sheet.

5. The structure specified in claim l, said body plate having an arched wire hingedly attached to the top end of the plate and formed' with portions pressing the paper againstfthe body plate and with two parallel downwardly extended arms constituting the parallel guides for the guard plate to slide on, and catches on the body plate to engage the lower ends of said arms and hold them near the said body plate.

6. In a device of the 'class described, a body plate adapted to support paperk sheets to be written on, means for holding the paper in place on the plate, a resilient guard plate for the hand to rest on while writing, said guard plate extending across the body plate and means lixedon the body plate for guiding said guard plate in a vertical movement on the body plate.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

ANDREW o. LUND. 

